Frontier west quiz 5

Falling prices for cotton and grain caused

• farmers to become rich.
• farmers to become bankers.
• farmers to face hard times.
• ranchers to make more money.

The populist party was 

• formed by farmers and labor unions.
• created to help businessmen make more money.
• formed by railroad workers and miners.
• created to help miners and railroad workers.

The National Grange was 

• created by farmers from Texas to the Plains.
• was formed by farmers in 1867
• created by miners and railroad workers.
• created by cowboys.

The Farmers Alliance 

•  tried to help farmers located from Texas through the South and the Plains.
• was created in 1867 by farmers
• tried to help cowboys and ranchers.
• was created to help miners and railroad workers.

A cooperative is where 

• farmers pooled their money to buy seed and tools cheaper.
• businessmen worked together to sell more goods.
• rancher worked together to buy more land for their herds.
• people buy things cheaply.

Populist wanted to make it easier for farmers to pay their debts by 

• supporting free silver.
• giving them money.
• helping them pay their bills.
• encouraging miners to dig for gold.

William Jennings Bryan

• won the presidential election of 1869.
• was supported by bankers and businessmen.
•  spoke out on behalf of farmers and about the benefits of free silver.

This candidate for president in 1896 was supported by bankers and businessmen.

• William McKinley
• William Jennings Bryan
• John Chisholm

This was a movement of regular people including Farmers to try to help them get fair pay and work hours. 

• Socialism
• Populism
• Capitalism
• Communism

After unsuccessfully running candidates for president in 1892 and 1896, Populists got one of the major political parties of that time period  to adopt their ideas.  Which party? 

• Republican
• Democratic
• Greenback
• Trump